10349/Indiana Jones and the Masked Man

Indiana Jones and the Masked Man
Date of Scene:	07 December 2019
Location:	Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Synopsis:	Indiana Jones and Zorro team up to fight thugs from a secret society
Cast of Characters:	Indiana Jones, Zorro

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Indiana Jones has posed:
Cuanto mas cambian las cosas, mas permanecen igual.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Dr. Indiana Jones feels an odd sense of deja vu. He has been here before, he thinks. He can't remember when. Maybe it was after the little "misunderstanding" with the Italian Mob.Dressed in khaki shirt and pants, the brown leather jacket's collar turned up against the chill, and the fedora parked flat on his head, Dr. Indiana Jones moved along the sidewalk towards the diner. He felt pretty good. He had made some progress on his current project, with the help of a pretty young student who was more than she seemed. There was that feeling of closing in, of seeing the trail again. Over a century and he felt the same way when it happened.
Maybe that was why he didn't twig to the four men slowly converging on him...

Zorro has posed:
Zorro dashed through the streets and alleyways of Grrenwich Village. He was currently in the process uncovering some of the "dirty activites" of Larry Quan, a Chinese-American business man he suspected to be involved with a Triad based in Chinatown. He was on his way to one of Larry's warehouses, which he suspected was a front for some sort of smuggling ring. He eventually ended up in a alleyaway near the same diner Dr. Jones was going towards. He was about to dash across the street towards another alley when he noticed the group of men heading towards Jones. Zorro glared at the group and stayed where he was, waiting to see what they would do.

Indiana Jones has posed:
Dr. Jones stopped as he heard, "Il Dottore Jones?"
The man in the hat turned to see the man in front of him, about thirty feet away, and slowly closing.
"Yeah? That's me." He unzipped his jacket slightly, and then he heard the click of two hammers. One to his left, one to his right. Damn. Flanked.
"The Brethren are aware of your desire to summon El Diavolo Machiavelli, Dr. Jones. We strongly suggest you give up this foolish aim."
"Right now, it's YOUR aim I'm concerned with," he rumbles, not seeing the man coming up behind him stealthily, blackjack in hand.

Zorro has posed:
Zorro's eyes widened as he saw the man get cornered by the now hostile individuals. Zorro slowly pulled out his bullwhip and start to slink out of the alley. Once he saw the man sneaking up behind Jones with a Blackjack, he doubled his pace and, in a surpsingly fluid motion, cracked his whip towards the Blackjack thug's hand.

Indiana Jones has posed:
Jones heard the whipcrack, and was momentarily startled. Probably because his hands were still empty.
Then, out of the corner of his eye...
...what? The unreal aspect of seeing someone he'd only read about in books caught him flat-footed. But then he saw the guy behind him, the blackjack at his feet, and he knew things were going to get dicey fast.
He looked at the others, who were also momentarily caught off-guard, and he dove forward at to the side, rolling out of the center of the converging men, and then his hand went into the jacket...
And then his own whip was out, because one was still the loneliest number.

The leader blinked. Where had...
And then one shadow separated from the others, and Vincenzo called out, "Kill the heretics!"

Zorro has posed:
Zorro eyes widened with surprise as the man who was being accosted rolled out of his foes reach and pulled out a whip of his own. Zorro then glared as the leader yelled for his men to kill both him and the other man. As the men appraoched, Zorro pulled out a throwing knife and threw it at the shoulder of one of his agressors.

Indiana Jones has posed:
And with that, the battle was joined in earnest.
Casualties were quick in coming. Luca cried out as the knife buried itself in his shoulder, stumbling backward as he looked at the hilt of the knife, as if unable to believe that it was there. Paolo got his gun out, but he was snagged by Indy's bullwhip around the neck and YANKED, propelling him forward to land on his belly, gasping for air. Franco had gotten his pistol and was trying to aim it at Zorro with his off-hand.
And Vincenzo was hauling out a blunt-looking double-barreled shotgun, pulling back both hammers.

Zorro has posed:
Once Zorro saw France pull out his pistol, he new he had a few moments to disable him before he managed to get his sights on him. So, in a surprsingly decent show of acrobatics, Zorro rolled out of the way of Franco and threw another throwing knife at his hand.

Indiana Jones has posed:
It was a Hell of a throw. The knife had gone right into the barrel a second before Franco fired. However, that meant that the .380 pistol blew up like a party favor, and Franco had a shredded hand. He grabbed his right wrist with his left hand, howling in pain.
Vincenzo drew up the shotgun, aimed and fired. Indiana, however, had dived downward into a roll, and the gun blazed upward, the recoil lifting the barrels up for the double-ought buckshot to fly into the air over him. Vincenzo was dimly aware that he had missed, and was about to pop open the shotgun when Indy seemed to appear in front of him, like a magic trick.

Zorro could hear the punch connect from where he was, which was mildly impressive.

Zorro has posed:
Zorro looked at the man in amazement as he not only caused Vincenzo's shotgun to fire up in the air, but punched him out seconds later. Zorro looked around and saw that all of his foes were either koeed or otherwise incapacitated. Zorro then grinned and said to Dr.Jones," Impressive moves amigos."

Indiana Jones has posed:
Dr. Jones stands up, then walks over to pick up his fedora from the street, dusting it by slapping it against his pants. "Thanks for the assist...whoever you are. I didn't expect these guys to show up this soon..."

Zorro has posed:
Zorro nods atthe man and says to him," The name is Zorro my friend. May i ask who these men were and why theu were after you? Are they some kind of cult or something?"

Indiana Jones has posed:
The man in the fedora chuckles. "Something like that. I'm Dr. Jones. These guys..." He starts looking for his phone. He was always losing the damn thing. "The Brethren. Italian secret society. Believes Niccolo Machiavelli was Satan in disguise since before he died in 1527." He shrugged. "Few can hold a grudge like an Italian."

Zorro has posed:
Zorro raises his eyebrows in confusion upon hearing about Brethern and it's main grudge. Zorro then looks at Jones and nods while saying," It was a pleasure meeting you Dr.Jones, hope our paths cross again soon." With that, Zorro dashes off into an alleyway, his cape blowing in the wind as he does.

Indiana Jones has posed:
Indy watches the man in black exeunt himself away from the scene, then sighs as he FINALLY finds his phone. This was going to be a major mess. He'd have to tell Miss Moon.

Zorro...Spanish for "fox." He'd have to remember that guy...